Arable
Wholecrop ready to harvest
Michael Garvey, CAFRE dairy specialist is advising farmers to walk their wholecrops to assess readiness for cutting by stripping the...
Arable
Michael Garvey, CAFRE dairy specialist is advising farmers to walk their wholecrops to assess readiness for cutting by stripping the...
Arable
Unleashing the potential of crops of wheat to deliver yields in the range of 20 to 23 tonnes per hectare,...
Agri-Business
The prospects for cereal growers are good, with good yields predicted this year, while Irish whiskey sales are growing worldwide...
Agri-Business
With agri-food exports reaching €120 billion in 2013, the EU28 became the world’s number one exporter of agricultural and food...
Dairy
A large group of dairy farmers attended a CAFRE short course on the farm of John and Simon Best, Poyntzpass....
Dairy
In the latest management notes from the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) dairy advisor Michael Garvey examined May performance...
Agri-Business
The global governance response to shocks to the food system has been inadequate over the years according to Dr. Maximo...
Arable
Teagasc tillage advisor Martin Bourke has confirmed to AgriLand that winter cereal crops in the Wexford are showing tremendous promise....
Agri-Business
This week has seen the EU Commission go on the record, regarding the prospects for farming over the coming months...
Agri-Business
Prospects for the 2014 harvests are good as the winter climatic conditions have been broadly favourable so far, according to the...
Dairy
Northern Ireland’s dairy herd stood at 281,800 cows in December 2013, a year-on-year increase of just one per cent. This...
Agri-Business
Sources within the fertiliser industry have told AgriLand that large volumes of product are now being moved on to merchants’...
Agri-Business
According to DairyCo, feed wheat futures for May-14 have rallied in recent days, bouncing off of the low of almost...
Environment
The key changes in the Third Nitrate Action Programme (NAP3)were outlined this week by Jack Nolan of the Department of Agriculture, who...
Arable
Aphids continue to be the most serious pests of cereal crops in Ireland. The issues caused by the pests were...
Dairy
Total income from farming in Northern Ireland increased by 33.7 per cent (31 per cent in real terms) from £223m...
Environment
A review of Ireland’s 2nd Nitrates Action Programme has concluded and a revised third programme has been finalised, according to an...
Arable
Plants naturally slow their growth or even stop growing altogether in response to adverse conditions, such as water shortage or...